Beth Grant
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 18, 1949
- Birthplace
- Gadsden, Alabama, USA
Beth Grant (born September 18, 1949) is an American actress. She is known for often playing characters who are conservatives, religious zealots or sticklers for rules. She has appeared in dozens of films, including Rain Man, Speed; To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar; Love Field; Donnie Darko; A Time to Kill; Little Miss Sunshine; Child's Play 2; Daltry Calhoun; City Slickers 2; Don't Tell Her It's Me; Matchstick Men; Factory Girl; The Wizard; Sordid Lives; The Rookie; All About Steve; No Country for Old Men, Crazy Heart, and Rango. Grant has also appeared in many TV shows, including Everwood; Delta; The Golden Girls; Malcolm in the Middle; The X-Files; Friends; CSI; Six Feet Under; Wonderfalls; My Name Is Earl; Yes, Dear; King of the Hill; The Office; Angel; Judging Amy; Jericho; Sordid Lives: The Series; Criminal Minds, Sabrina The Teenage Witch; True Blood; How I Met Your Mother; and The Mentalist. Grant was born in Gadsden, Alabama, and is an alumna of East Carolina University. She is married to actor Michael Chieffo with whom she has one child. Grant played the same character, Marianne Marie Beetle, in the short-lived show Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies, both created by Bryan Fuller. Description above from the Wikipedia article Beth Grant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Operation Othello TBA
Executive Producer
What Now? TBA
Actor
- The Dybbuk
The Dybbuk TBA
as Frayda
- The Long Home
The Long Home TBA
as Mrs. Winer
Remarkably Bright Creatures 2026
as Barb Vanderhoof
Doc of Chucky 2024
as Self
Wildcat 2024
Co-Executive Producer
Sweet Dreams 2024
as Sandra
Maximum Truth 2023
as Mary Jo Nackserson
Amsterdam 2022
as Mrs. Dillenbeck
Grave Intentions 2021
as Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
Willy's Wonderland 2021
as Sheriff Eloise Lund
Wander Darkly 2020
as Patty
Words on Bathroom Walls 2020
as Sister Catherine
Fully Realized Humans 2020
as Tipper, Additional Dialogue
Sordid Lives 2020
Actor
La Sirena 2020
as Penny
Hold On 2019
as Shelly
William 2019
as Dr. Thomas
The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer 2018
as Ms. Dobbins
Hover 2018
as Joanna
Mississippi Requiem 2018
Actor
Wake the Riderless Horse 2018
as Brenda
Andover 2018
as Rebecca
Nostalgia 2018
as Anna O'Bryan
Tiny Mammals 2017
as Narrator
Lucky 2017
as Elaine
I Do... Until I Don't 2017
as Phyllis
Tenn 2017
as Edwina Williams
Domain 2017
as Nadine
Actors Anonymous 2017
Actor
The Labyrinth 2016
as Betsy
Jackie 2016
as Lady Bird Johnson
In Dubious Battle 2016
as Ethel
Heartland 2016
as Crystal
- All In
All In 2016
as Cynthia
Six L.A. Love Stories 2016
as Meg Albright
Tond 2016
as Janice
Great Plains 2016
as Tess
Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide 2016
as Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")
Band of Robbers 2016
as Widow Douglas
Addicted to Fresno 2015
as Tilda
The Midnight Swim 2015
as Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt
Consumed 2015
as Kristin Kessler
Just Before I Go 2015
as Mrs. Lawrence
Alex of Venice 2015
as Teacher
The Bridge Partner 2015
as Mattie Whalen
Bad Words 2014
as Bedazzled Judge
Faults 2014
as Evelyn
Odyssea 2014
as Woman
As I Lay Dying 2013
as Addie Bundren
Out West 2013
as Tiffany Alcott
The Violation 2013
as Linda Heim
Miss Dial 2013
as Mrs. Wojiechowski
Mockingbird Lane 2012
as Marie
La Classe américaine 2012
as Self
Blues for Willadean 2012
as Willadean Winkler
The Perfect Fit 2012
Director
Life of Lemon 2011
as Phyllis
- Girls! Girls! Girls!
Girls! Girls! Girls! 2011
Writer, Director
The Artist 2011
as Peppy's Maid
Mister Handsome 2011
as Emily's Mom
Hollywood to Dollywood 2011
as Self
Rango 2011
as Bonnie (voice)
Sedona 2011
as Deb
Valley of the Sun 2011
as Marva
Operation: Endgame 2010
as Susan
Spork 2010
as Principal Tulip
In My Sleep 2010
as Evelyn
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe 2009
as Self
Crazy Heart 2009
as Jo Ann
Herpes Boy 2009
as Mom
Dear Lemon Lima 2009
as Principal Applebomb
Stolen 2009
as Older Edvena
Extract 2009
as Mary
All About Steve 2009
as Mrs. Horowitz
Winged Creatures 2009
as Carla's Mom
Hide 2008
as Candy
Henry Poole Is Here 2008
as Josie
Polar Opposites 2008
as General Railen
Southland Tales 2007
as Dr. Inga Von Westphalen
No Country for Old Men 2007
as Carla Jean's Mother
Welcome to Paradise 2007
as Frances Loren
The House of Usher 2007
as Mrs. Thatcher
The Ungodly 2007
as Emma Lemac
Factory Girl 2006
as Julia Warhol
Flags of Our Fathers 2006
as Mother Gagnon
Hard Scrambled 2006
as Alice
Little Miss Sunshine 2006
as Nancy Jenkins
Rocker 2006
as Mrs. Hill
Hot Tamale 2006
as Dori Woodriff
Daltry Calhoun 2005
as Ciotka Dee
Hard Pill 2005
as Mom
Our Very Own 2005
as Virginia Kendal
#1 Fan: A Darkomentary 2005
as Self
Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend 2005
as Angela
- A One Time Thing
A One Time Thing 2004
as Mom
A Thief Of Time 2004
as Ranger Mildred Luna
Evil Alien Conquerors 2003
as Sheila
Matchstick Men 2003
as Laundry Lady
Birdseye 2002
as Ruth Betters
The Rookie 2002
as Olline
Desert Saints 2002
as Lou
Rock Star 2001
as Mrs. Cole
Pearl Harbor 2001
as Motherly Secretary
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man 2001
as Louisa Ashland
The Rising Place 2001
as Melvina Pou
Donnie Darko 2001
as Kitty Farmer
Sordid Lives 2000
as Sissy Hickey
Blue Valley Songbird 1999
as Ruby
Dance with Me 1998
as Lovejoy
Doctor Dolittle 1998
as Woman
Angelmaker 1998
as Mrs. Turcott
Interruptions 1997
as Peggy, The Mistress
Lawn Dogs 1997
as Trent's Mother
Love Always 1997
as Stephanie
A Thousand Acres 1997
as Roberta
- Desert's Edge
Desert's Edge 1997
Actor
To Dance with Olivia 1997
Actor
A Time to Kill 1996
as Cora Mae Cobb
Norma Jean & Marilyn 1996
as Grace Goddard
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar 1995
as Loretta
Safe 1995
as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)
Lieberman in Love 1995
as Linda Baker
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold 1994
as Lois
Speed 1994
as Helen
The Dark Half 1993
as Shayla Beaumont
Love Field 1992
as Hazel
White Sands 1992
as Roz Kincaid
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story 1992
as Pat McGinty
Eating 1990
as Carla
Child's Play 2 1990
as Miss Kettlewell
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael 1990
as Lillian Logerfield
Don't Tell Her It's Me 1990
as Babette
Flatliners 1990
as Housewife
Fall From Grace 1990
as Paulene
The Image 1990
as Martha Packard
The Wizard 1989
as Diner Manager
Rain Man 1988
as Mother at Farm House
Under Cover 1987
as Miss Randolph
Deadly Care 1987
as Madge
Picnic 1986
as Irma Kronkite
Credits from TMDB.